Newlyweds Clint's and Kathy's honeymoon is interrupted by the wife's sudden illness.Clint 's money is stolen and without any funds ,he has to take the medicine by force from the chemist.Although he promises to refund him, he is captured by the police and ,as it was an armed robbery ,he gets a nine- year sentence of hard labor in "White Cloud" a camp where brutal wardens give a hard time to the prisoners.One of them ,sadistic captain Clark , makes Clint his punching bag.The miserable captive tries to escape,but fails and this time ,Clark's cruelty knows no more bounds.Physically and morally exhausted ,he is about to die,but a priest intervenes.